Safety razor



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Filed March 17, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l 'VNO Oct. lv, Vl 929.

J. SCHICK SAFETY RAZOR Filed March 17, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 the shavinghead is mounted on the handle Patented Oct. l, 1929 UNITED PTENT OFFICEJACOB SCHICK, OF STANFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO MYAGAZINE REPEATINGRAZOR COMPANY, A CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY SAFETY RAZOR Application ledMarch 17, 1927. Serial No. 176,002.

-- This invention relates to an improved safety razor of the type inwhich blades are successively fed from a stack, the stack being mountedin a handle of the razor and so that it will receive a blade when it isin one position and is disposed on the handle to be convenient forshaving when inl another position. The advantages of this constructionare that it can beeasily made and is economical in manufacture, it canbe quick-l lyreloaded and the means for withdrawing the clip-'receivingelement requires the removal of none of the parts of the blade feedingmeans as independent units but are all removable at the same time.

The construction includes a slide for ejecting blades and a holder for aclip of blades, these being secured together for removal as a unit fromthe handle so that the clip-receiving member can be loadedfrom thefront, or rather, the top, and all the parts inserted together in thehandle.

The invention also includes a lock which when moved in-` one directionlocks the clipholder in place and leaves the blade ejecting .slide freeto move, being limited in its movement by the clip holder, but the latch23 when moved in the opposite direction locks the blade ejecting slidetothe clip' holding member but releases the clip-holding member from thehandle.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in whichFigure 1 is a front view of the improved razor. Figure 2 is a similarView with the shaving head swung transversely up at the handle and theparts being shown mainly in section. Figure 3 is a similar view with theslide being retreated to pick up a blade for feeding it to the shavinghea'd. Figure 4 is a section illustrating the latch moved to release theclipholder from the handle. Figure 5 shows the parts being removed fromthe handle after such release. Figure 6 is a section on line 6- inFigure 2. Figure7 is a section 'on line 7 in Figure 2. Figures 8 and 9are a side view'i' and "a back view of the razor shown in l of theclip-holder and the slide removed from the handle and Figure 12 is aView of the clip containinga stack of blades, the stack being partlybroken away.

The handle 10 is vmade of square tubing and has -the post 11 whichsupports, on the pivot 12, the shaving head 13. The shaving head whenswung down as in Figure 1 receives a blade endwise from the handle andwhen swung to lateral position is ready for shaving. rlhe blade isreceived on the platform 14 and is held by the spring 15 and the blade,shown at 16, is arranged with its edge directly behind the guard orfender 17. The post 11 has a base 18 which is secured in one end of thehandle 10 and closes that end except for the slit 19 for the passage ofa blade.

The inside elements of the razor are the clip holder 20 which has sidewalls 21 and a bottom 22, the top being open. The other element is aslide 23 with side walls 24 and a slide piece 'or top 25. rl`he 4frontend 26 is used for pushing a blade from a stack of blades in the handle.The blades are usually placed in a clip 27, the stack 28 being fed outof the top and then formed by the slide The slide 23 is limited in itsmovement by the projection 29 punched in the side walls and sliding inslots 30 in the Aclip holder 20.

On the under side of the clip holder is a sprin 31 usually pivotedthereto as at 32 the pivot being securedv to the side walls 21v directlywithin the block 33 to which the rest of the,clip holder is secured asby screw 34.

rlhe block 33 has a hole drilled through it and a bolt 35 slides in thishole. It is slid by a finger piece 36 on the end of the grip 37 of theslide 23 through the medium of the'pin 38.v When slid in one direction,as in Figure 2, it locks the clip holder to the handle as it enters thehole 39 in the wall of the handle. The other end of the bolt is releasedfrom'a recess or hole 40 on the slide 23, usually on the grip 37. Thisallows lthe slide to be'moved and locks the clip holder to the handle.The slidecan thus. be used` to propel blades, one at a time, from thestack 28 to the shaving head and is the means for replacing blades whendull.

vWhen the fingerl piece is slid the other way the bolt 35 moves so thatone end is out of the hole 39 and the other end enters the hole 40 asshown in Figure 4. Now, when the grip 37 is pulled out not only theslide comes out but the clip holder with it and are held 'assembled asin Figure 4. The clip is removed and thrown away and a new clip ispushed in from the front, that is over the spring 31 between the sidewalls and under the top `plate of the slide. It should be explained thatthe parts are shown in `Figure 11 slid apart for'better illustration butin practice they would be closed, that is, the holder 20 would be withinthe slide 23 and the clip 27 is slid in endwise as shown by the arrownext to the dotted outline of the end of the clip.

After the clip is in the holder the parts are held by the thumb andlinger .to keep the spring 31 inside the holder and the said parts thenslid into the handle. When they are all the way in the latch is slid tothe position shown-in Figure 2 and the razor is then ready for use assoon as the slide 23 is operated once to push a blade from the stack inthe clip through slit 19 into the shaving head.

Connection between the bolt 35 and the pin 38 is such as to permit theirseparation when the slide is pulled out without the holder and Iillustrate in the drawing a pair of small studs 41 between which the endof the pin 38 can be seated.

Various changes can be made in the several parts without departing fromthe scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A safety razor comprising a handle with a recess therein, a shavinghead lon the handle and adapted to receive blades from the handle, aclip receiving member slidable in the recess, 'a blade ejecting slideslidable' inthe recess and a latch disposed to lock the clip holder inthe handle when slid in one direction and to release the clip holderfrom the handle and to lock the slide to the clip holder when slid inthe other` direction.

2. A safety razor comprising a handle with a recess therein, a clipholder slidable in the recess, a slide slidable in the recess and alatch for alternately locking the clip holder to the handle at the sametime releasing the slide and locking the slide to the clip holder and atthe same time releasing the clip holder from the handle.

3. A safety razor comprising a handle with a recess therein, a clipholder slidable in the handle, a slide slidable in the recess, a boltthe recess, a blade ejecting slide slidable in the recess and a latchdisposed to lock the clip holder in the handle when slid in onedirection and to release the clip holder, from the handle and to lockthe slide to the clip holder when slid in the other direction, the clireceiving member having an open front en whereby a clip may be slid intothe member and under the slide from the front.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

JACOB SCHICK.

slidable on the clip holder, the slide and tho handle having openings tobe engaged alternatelyas the bolt is slid. v

4. A safety razor comprising a handle with a recess therein, aclipholder slidable in the handle, a slide slidable in the recess,a bolt

